Morgan Rielly cross check to the head of Ridley Greig (DOPS UPDATE: In Person Hearing - 6 games or more possible)

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Also remarkable to read it was a shove and not a crosscheck to the head here. The slow motion replays are quite clear.

 

[Golden_Jet]

The rangers got payback for that move though

Odor punched Joey Bats in the reg season the next year

Sounds like Reilly should of punched someone then, instead of a cheap shot.

At least Odor didn’t hit Bautista in the head with his baseball bat.

 

[ottawa]

Right idea by Rielly, just poor execution...can't go for the head

 

[Petrus]

I'm not huge into baseball, so I don't know how it hits.
Is it the same as a pitcher throwing at a guys head? cuz that usually generates a response

I don’t know if there is a baseball equivalent.

Maybe it would be more a bat flip on home run by the winning team in the final inning in a game that was out of reached for the losing team.

 

[Edgelord]

a slapshot into an empty net does not give justification to Assaulting a human by crossing checking him in the head with a weapon.

Again for the 10th time, I AM NOT OK WITH WHAT RIELLY DID, I am ok with the fact he did something, but not a sucker crosscheck to the side of a guys head.

 

[Knave]

At least it isn't 56 years of incompetence.

What did that guy say yesterday?

Ottawa has missed the playoffs 6 of the 7 years since Matthews has been drafted.

Ottawa has won more playoff rounds.

Now that is some unparalleled success right there.

We aren't even competing and we're still winning.

 

[hamzarocks]

You know what Odor didn’t do? Hit Bautista in the face with a bat.

rielly hit Greig in the back of the head where he was protected with a helmet.

Hitting with a bat is different as baseball players don't have same protection and a baseball bat swing is dangerous compared to a cross check with a stick

If he two handed face slashed with the stick then your point would have been true

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

lmao at the notion that this will 'bring the locker room together'... getting suspended multiple games for throwing a tantrum when you play for a team with years of history of being labeled too soft while in the middle of a push to try to make the playoffs isn't going to help the locker room culture at all lol.

Rielly just proved to the league how easily rattled that team is.

Can you imagine the Leafs locker room chatter after this happened and how it unified the group?

"That son of a bitch scored an empty net goal!"

 

[CaptainUgly]

All these leafs fans preaching sports etiquette about a slap shot into an empty net yet loved seeing a batflip in the post season. Somethings not adding up.

 

[hamzarocks]

Sounds like Reilly should of punched someone then, instead of a cheap shot.

At least Odor didn’t hit Bautista in the head with his baseball bat.

If he cheapshotted and sucker punched Greig that would still be talked about here and that is actually more dangerous

The cross check didnt do anything to Greig.

A sucker punch has ended careers before (bertuzzi). There was no way Greig was going to fight there.

 

[Edgelord]

Next time he should just dump the puck in the corner on a breakaway. Have some class, already up a goal with 7 seconds left.

or just score an empty netter like someone who has done it before?

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

At least it isn't 56 years of incompetence.

You're not wrong.

Do you think Leafs fans are aware about the 56 years of incompetence?

I know that I'm very aware of it.

How are the Senators doing these days BTW?

 

[featherhawk]

Again for the 10th time, I AM NOT OK WITH WHAT RIELLY DID, I am ok with the fact he did something, but not a sucker crosscheck to the side of a guys head.

Glad to hear that. Too bad there are many humans that think what Morgan did was OK...LOL perhaps Morgan should inspire his team to wake up and play better so that one of them does not have to be placed in a position to be a sore looser that decides to physically assault another person with a weapon cause well he and his teamates failed to play well enough to prevent the Empty Net Goal...

 

[MCR74]

If he cheapshotted and sucker punched Greig that would still be talked about here and that is actually more dangerous

The cross check didnt do anything to Greig.

A sucker punch has ended careers before (bertuzzi). There was no way Greig was going to fight there.

Some act like this was Hunter on Turgeon. It wasn't.

 

[Petrus]

What did that guy say yesterday?

Ottawa has missed the playoffs 6 of the 7 years since Matthews has been drafted.

Ottawa has won more playoff rounds.

Now that is some unparalleled success right there.

We aren't even competing and we're still winning.

That reality is both teams are crap!

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

or just score an empty netter like someone who has done it before?

... but that wouldnt have rattled a bunch of Leafs fans

 

[herashak]

All these leafs fans preaching sports etiquette about a slap shot into an empty net yet loved seeing a batflip in the post season. Somethings not adding up.

Maybe because a regular season hockey game requires less showboating? Is that really hard to grasp

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

You know what Odor didn’t do? Hit Bautista in the face with a bat.

Are we talking about the walk off bat throw? Cuz god damn that was bad ass.

edit: still gets me. Sorry, maybe a dick move but holy crap what a moment.



edit again: I know this is a hockey thread but hey you guys brought it up. I'll just leave it here.

 

[danpantz]

It’s hilarious to hear snowflakes calling for Rielly to face “criminal charges”.

Unbelievable how soft society - - and sport - - has become.

This whole thing rocks.

People crying about a guy shooting the puck in the net are equally hilarious and soft.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Some act like this was Hunter on Turgeon. It wasn't.

Some acted like Ridley Grieg pulled the Michigan on an empty net and did Ovechkins stick too hot handle celebration. It wasn't.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Crazy that posters had the night to think this over & STILL think it was justified.

 

[Edgelord]

Glad to hear that. Too bad there are many humans that think what Morgan did was OK...LOL perhaps Morgan should inspire his team to wake up and play better so that one of them does not have to be placed in a position to be a sore looser that decides to physically assault another person with a weapon cause well he and his teamates failed to play well enough to prevent the Empty Net Goal...

Its not uncommon for players that don't often react, to go overboard.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

It wasn’t dirty. Craig shouldn’t have slapshot it into the empty net. Just some no name player who wants his 15 seconds of fame. What a jerk

 

[Wondercarrot]

Are we talking about the walk off bat throw? Cuz god damn that was bad ass.

It was, just like Greigs hilarious f*** You to the Leaves and their fans in our building.

 

[CaptainUgly]

Maybe because a regular season hockey game requires less showboating? Is that really hard to grasp

Gotcha, so if it was the postseason then you would be okay with it?!